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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@gilanet.com>
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  • Subject: [Livingontheland] Fwd: Local Harvest Newsletter -- February 2, 2003
  • Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 03:33:18 -0700

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On 2/2/2003 at 6:16 PM LocalHarvest <info@localharvest.org> wrote:

>Local Harvest Newsletter -- February 2, 2003
>http://www.localharvest.org
>
>
>Hello, and welcome to our newsletter!
>
>OK. I got lazy. I have to admit it. It took me almost 6 weeks to get
>to writing this newsletter. But it's hard to "get inspired" when
>things are so incredibly nice outside. Sorry east-coast people, but I
>have to tell you that this January in Santa Cruz has felt more like
>April. There are people tanning in bikinis at the beach, just a block
>away from here as I write this, and it's very tempting to be outside
>instead of in the office writing software, pursuing partnerships with
>sustainable agriculture and farmer groups, or putting together newsletters.
>(that's why you'll notice there's no "new partnership" featured in this
>issue)
>
>But I'm sure you'll forgive me this time...
>
>Read on for more details on what we've been up to, to visit our featured
>farm, and to learn about our new products and members.
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CONTENTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 1) CSA Season is Here!
> 2) Featured Product: Asparagus
> 3) Featured Member: Olin-Fox Farm
> 4) New Products
> 5) New Members
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>1) CSA SEASON IS HERE!
>**********************
>(http://www.localharvest.org/descriptions.jsp)
>The CSA subscription season is going on in full force. A good chunk
>of the traffic we're seeing now in Local Harvest is CSA related, as
>hundreds of people come every day to our Web site searching for their
>local CSAs.
>
>Some of our Member CSAs are already sold out for the year, but most are
>not, so if you haven't found a local one, now is the time to search for
>it in Local Harvest. Just search for "Family Farms" in your area by
>entering your Zip code into our search engine. Your local farms offering
>CSAs will say so in their listings.
>
>Local Harvest lists 726 CSAs around the nation. There's likely to be
>one serving *your* community. Find it through our search engine, and
>support your local farmer while ensuring a plentiful supply of good,
>healthy, local food for your family for 2003.
>
>If you want to find out more about Community Supported Agriculture,
>you can visit this page: http://www.localharvest.org/morecsa.jsp
>
>
>2) FEATURED PRODUCT
>*******************
>Asparagus
>=========
>(http://www.localharvest.org/asparagus.jsp)
>
>Although it's not quite asparagus season in most of the country, I've
>decided to make asparagus this month's featured product for the simple
>reason that I had some great local asparagus a few days ago, sauteed
>in butter and garlic, and with a dash of white wine. It was such an
>exquisite experience, that I just *had* to return the veggie the favor.
>
>So... I've put together an asparagus page for you, where you can
>find which ones of the 186 asparagus growers listed in our Web site
>are close to you, learn the answers to such life mysteries as "why
>does asparagus make my pee smell funny?", and read about the not one,
>but two asparagus festivals held in the USA every year. Check it out:
>(http://www.localharvest.org/asparagus.jsp)
>
>And if your farm or farmers' market offers asparagus, make sure you
>say so on your listing! You don't want to miss out on all of our
>visitors looking for those tender green shoots to steam, saute,
>or make some other tasty dish wish.
>
>
>3) FEATURED MEMBER OF THE WEEK
>*******************************
>Olin-Fox Farms
>==============
>(http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M3337)
>
>Olin-Fox is a small, family-owned farm in Northumberland County, Virginia,
>where they grow the finest heirloom and specialty fruits and vegetables,
>as well as flowers and herbs. Their farm has practiced earth-friendly
>principles for over 20 years, and they serve their local community via
>U-Pick, CSA, and their local Farmers' Market.
>
>The Olin-Fox CSA still has a few shares available, so if you are in their
>area, hurry up and contact them, and you might still be able to sign up
>for the tons of yummy veggies that they'll be distributing during the
>Spring-to-Fall CSA season.
>
>Here's a little excerpt from their listing:
>
>"We are busy preparing for the 2003 season. We have overwintering greens
>that are doing quite well and John has all the garlic planted; he has
>started
>seedlings for peppers, eggplant, herbs, etc. for this summer. We have also
>planted a lot of flowers for this year. Soon we will be planting our peas,
>potatoes, lettuce, etc. for the first delivery of spring, 2003."
>
>And if you happen to be in Virginia, don't miss visiting them on the
>Chesapeake Bay or, starting in May, at their stand at the Irvington
>Farmers' Market.
>
>
>4) NEW PRODUCTS
>***************
>(http://www.localharvest.org/products.jsp)
>We are constantly asked to add new products into our database. These
>requests typically range from the "wow, how could we have left that one
>out" (like limes) to the borderline bizarre (like Emu Eggs).
>
>From these requests, we add into our database the ones that are likely
>to be offered by more than just a small group of our members, and we
>ask the farms suggesting "strange" stuff to mention these products
>in the "text" part of their listings instead. Some of the more
>interesting
>recent additions to our products list are Worm Castings and Sheepskins.
>We don't list too many farms offering these yet, since they are very
>recent additions, but we do have a few, so I would recommend that you
>do a search for them in our Web site anyway. Maybe the farms offering
>these also happen to be close to you.
>
>What follows is the entire list of recent additions. If you are a farmer
>offering some of these, make sure you update your listing with this
>information. If you are a consumer searching for these, I'd suggest you
>wait a few weeks before you search our Web site until we have more members
>listing them.
>
>Here is the list:
>
> - currants
> - kumquats
> - pomelos
> - mandarins
> - limes
> - bread
> - baked goods
> - fish / seafood
> - angora
> - wine
> - beer
> - spelt
> - earthworms
> - christmas trees
> - firewood
> - sodas
> - pet food
> - teas
> - leather / sheepskins
> - compost / manure
> - plants (bedding, etc)
>
>
>5) NEW MEMBERS
>***************
>Since our last newsletter on December 22, Local Harvest has grown by
>120 new members, all of them direct additions into the Web site from
>the Internet. We recently made an effort to spread the word about
>our Web site among small-scale flower growers, and as a result, we've
>had about 40 new flower growing farms creating listings on our site.
>
>We now list 440 flowers growers. To find one close to you, just follow
>this link:
>
> http://www.localharvest.org/search.jsp?ty=0&nm=flowers
>
>We end our newsletter with a list of the names, member numbers, and
>locations of the latest additions to our Web site. (see below for all
>120 of them...)
>
>We encourage you to visit their Local Harvest listings. To do so,
>just enter their member number (the number on the first column)
>into the "Name/Description/Product" field in the Local Harvest search
>form.
>
>Thank you for your continued support.
>
>Sincerely,
>
> --Guillermo Payet
> Executive Director
> Local Harvest
>
>
>
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> 5039 E.A.T. Food for Life Farm (Yorkshire, Ohio)
> 5040 Earthscape / Full Circle (Hesperia, Michigan)
> 5041 Sunflower Fields Farm (Postville, Iowa)
> 5042 Hart's Back 2 Nature Farm (Wyalusing, Pennsylvania)
> 5043 Vital Zuman Organic Farm (Malibu, California)
> 5044 Larga Vista Ranch (Boone, Colorado)
> 5045 King's Hill Farm (Mineral Point, Illinois)
> 5046 EnergyShifters (Fallbrook, Pennsylvania)
> 5048 Ploughshare Farm (Parkers Prairie, Minnesota)
> 5049 Kirk Farm (Groton, Massachusetts)
> 5050 Jubilee Chocolates (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
> 5051 Skippack Farmers Market (Skippack, Pennsylvania)
> 5052 Marketplace Co-op (Franklin, Tennessee)
> 5053 Show Off Farm (Gresham, Oregon)
> 5054 Acacia (Richmond, Virginia)
> 5055 New Life Food Coop (Dayton, Ohio)
> 5056 Big Island Art Farm (Captain Cook, Hawaii)
> 5057 Le Farm (Germantown, New York)
> 5059 Gordon Skagit Farms (Mt. Vernon, Washington)
> 5060 Schafer Sheep Farm (Greenwich, New York)
> 5061 Alison Wines & Vineyards (Red Hook, New York)
> 5062 Organic Planet Farms (Fallbrook, California)
> 5063 VB Farms (Aromas, California)
> 5065 Crawford Farms (Lawtey, Florida)
> 5066 STP Farms (Reynolds, Indiana)
> 5067 Cedar Valley Sustainable Farm (Ottawa, Illinois)
> 5070 Ukiah Brewing Co. & Restaurant (Ukiah, California)
> 5071 Boann's Banks (Royston, Georgia)
> 5072 Long and Scott Farms (Mt. Dora, Florida)
> 5073 Dias Pomelos (Hanford, California)
> 5074 Greater Grand Rapids Food Systems Council (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
> 5075 Lubbers Family Farm (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
> 5076 Pleasant Hill Farm (Fennville, Michigan)
> 5077 Seattle Tilth Association (Seattle, Washington)
> 5079 Finger Lakes Organic Growers Cooperative (North Rose, New York)
> 5080 Canvas Ranch (Petaluma, California)
> 5081 Maquoketa Valley Producers (Maquoketa, Iowa)
> 5082 Highland Orchards Farm Market (Wilmington, Delaware)
> 5083 Home Grown Kansas (Wichita, Kansas)
> 5084 Faithful Acres Farm (Munnsville, New York)
> 5086 Made In The Hudson Valley (Tarrytown, New York)
> 5087 Green Pastures Farm (Kirkwood, Pennsylvania)
> 5088 Skagitonians To Preseve Farmland (Mt. Vernon, Washington)
> 5089 Bayview Farmers Market (Bayview, Washington)
> 5090 Kittitas Valley Greenhouse (Ellensburg, Washington)
> 5092 Lake City Farmers Market (Seattle, Washington)
> 5093 Magnolia Farmers Market (Seattle, Washington)
> 5095 Elmwood Stock Farm (Georgetown, Kentucky)
> 5096 Maple Farm (Wantage, New Jersey)
> 5097 Willow Creek Farms (Willow Creek, California)
> 5098 pdcllamas/produce/soap CSA (Davisburg, Michigan)
> 5099 JuJo Acres Farm (Loysville, Pennsylvania)
> 5100 Durango Natural Foods (Durango, Colorado)
> 5101 Genesis Farm (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
> 5102 Bit By Bit Farms (Summerville, Oregon)
> 5103 Sweet Dream Mountain Farm (Hoosick Falls, New York)
> 5105 Clodhopper Farm (Springville, Pennsylvania)
> 5106 Maple City Market (Goshen, Indiana)
> 5107 Summer Creek Farm (Thurmont, Maryland)
> 5108 Anaheim Farmers Market (Anaheim, California)
> 5109 Manthei Hog Farm (Elk River, Minnesota)
> 5110 Grubshed Missoula (Missoula, Montana)
> 5112 L.T. Organic Farm Resturant and Market (Waukee, Iowa)
> 5113 Stott Farms (Las Cruces, New Mexico)
> 5115 Home At Last Farms (Winters, Texas)
> 5116 Nothin' Fancy (Burr Oak, Kansas)
> 5117 King's Crossing Farm (San Saba, Texas)
> 5118 Moore Farms (Bullard, Texas)
> 5119 Provident Farms (Liberty, Pennsylvania)
> 5120 Emery's Berry Patch (New Egypt, New Jersey)
> 5121 Ozark Natural Produce Farm (Pierce city, Missouri)
> 5123 Shaw Farms (Columbia , Maryland)
> 5125 Spiker Worm and Casting/Vermitechnology Unlimited (Wheeler,
>Illinois)
> 5127 Berryfields Farm (New Albany, Pennsylvania)
> 5129 Valley View Natural Beef (Edgerton, Minnesota)
> 5131 Maple Bank Farm (Roxbury, Connecticut)
> 5132 Herban Kitchen (New York, New York)
> 5133 The Organic Grill (New York, New York)
> 5134 Pe-R-Ly Meadows (Whitesville, New York)
> 5135 Avalon Farms Premium Homegrown (Climax, Michigan)
> 5136 Covenant Family Farm (Zolfo Springs, Florida)
> 5137 Fiddler Bee (Fulton, Missouri)
> 5138 Steve-N-Sons Sustenance (Coopersville, Michigan)
> 5139 Bamboo Grove Organic Farm (Homestead, Florida)
> 5140 Bloomingdale Farms (Akron, New York)
> 5141 BlueGrass Beef (Centre Hall, Pennsylvania)
> 5142 Ziegler Garden (Newport News, Virginia)
> 5143 Elysian Fields Farm (Cedar Grove, North Carolina)
> 5144 Neitzel's Cut Flowers (Seguin, Texas)
> 5146 Bindweed Farm (Blackfoot, Idaho)
> 5147 Flora Organica (McKinleyville, California)
> 5150 Lone Star Flower Farm (Nacogdoches, Texas)
> 5151 Texas Sown & Grown (Richmond, Texas)
> 5154 Harrison Flowers (Hood River, Oregon)
> 5155 Chattanooga's Homegrown Market (Chattanooga, Tennessee)
> 5157 plantmasters (bethesda, Maryland)
> 5158 Polly's Flower Farm and Polly's Prawns (Albany, Ohio)
> 5159 Dobie's Flowers & Produce (Durango, Iowa)
> 5160 WiseAcres (Huntingtown, Maryland)
> 5161 High Meadow Flower Farm (Warwick, New York)
> 5162 Sunborn Gardens (Mt Horeb, Wisconsin)
> 5163 Dorian Hill Flower Farm (West Chester, Pennsylvania)
> 5164 Country Garden & Farm Market (Roanoke, Indiana)
> 5165 Mossback Farm (Yamhill, Oregon)
> 5166 Dautoff Exotics (Watsonville, California)
> 5169 Howling Wolf Farm (Hope, New Jersey)
> 5170 Harmony Farm (Hartland, Vermont)
> 5171 My Garden Blooms (Emmaus, Pennsylvania)
> 5174 Lakewood Educational Farm (Bedford, New Hampshire)
> 5176 Sharritt Market Gardens (Fortville, Indiana)
> 5179 Island Flower Farm (Grand Isle, Vermont)
> 5180 Riverbend Farm (Delano, Minnesota)
> 5181 Shelton Farmers' Market (Shelton, Washington)
> 5182 Wells Family Farm (Williamsburg, Michigan)
> 5184 West Branch Flower Farm (Washington, Massachusetts)
> 5185 Carlson's Farm (Dresden, Maine)
> 5186 Double Decker Farm (Hillsdale, New York)
> 5187 Rock Farm (Marietta, Georgia)
> 5190 3DFarm Inc. (Menomonie, Wisconsin)
> 5191 Vollmecke Orchards CSA (Coatesville, Pennsylvania)
>
>
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